Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Banking & Finance

About

Provided by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Osler’s Financial Services Group acts for leading North American and international financial institutions and a wide variety of global industry leaders. Osler’s Financial Services practice group is a fully integrated team that offers extensive knowledge of all aspects of financial services combined with an efficient cross-jurisdictional platform.

The team acts for every major Canadian financial institution and numerous foreign lenders, providing advice to a wide range of financial services industry players, including banks, insurance companies, trust companies, pension funds, investment dealers and other leading financial institutions. Osler advises on a complete range of issues including mergers and acquisitions, the establishment of new entities, bank products, and regulatory compliance.

Osler’s team has significant experience in structuring, negotiating and documenting all types of financing transactions, including cash flow loans, acquisition financings, syndications, asset-based lending, distressed lending, project financings, public-private partnerships, subordinated debt arrangements, private placements, swaps, securitizations and structured finance arrangements. Osler’s cross-border practice is a core strength, seamlessly navigating between U.S., international and Canadian lending environments to anticipate and address industry-specific issues and provide integrated banking and debt finance expertise on domestic and cross-border transactions.

Chambers Review

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Banking & Finance: Financial Services Regulation - Nationwide - Canada

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt houses a highly regarded banking and finance practice that is recognised for its representation of foreign financial institutions, including US banks. The group handles a wide variety of traditional banking work, including both acquisition and project finance, with further expertise in debt financing. The firm advises a number of Canadian lenders and borrowers in connection with domestic and multi-jurisdictional transactions, with offices in Montréal, Toronto, Calgary and New York playing key roles. Its clients include traditional and alternative lenders, such as private equity, as well as borrowers in active sectors such as energy. The department also acts for a significant market share of major Canadian banks on regulatory matters arising from capital markets issuances and securitisations. The team is also well equipped to advise on product launches, credit card programs and anti-money laundering compliance.

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Work Highlights

Provided by Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP

Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt advised Affinity Credit Union on its co-brand credit card program and related purchase of credit card receivables.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Osler handles matters very swiftly and is able to find mutually beneficial solutions for all parties involved.